March in Taiz affirms readiness & mobilization to confront aggression
They renewed the absolute mandate of the leader of the revolution, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, to take the necessary steps to continue supporting Gaza and confronting the arrogant Zionist enemy.
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